Broom.



PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

F. R. LAY.

BROOM.

APPLIUATION FILED MAB. 4, 190s.

N0 MODEL.

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UNTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK R. LAY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BROOIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,818, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed March 4, 1903. Serial No. 146,202. (No model.)

To all w/wm t 71mg/ con/cern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. LAY, acitizen of the United States, residingatIndianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,

have invented a new and useful Broom, of4

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to brooms, and especiallts,T to that class in which the broom-heads are socketed for the reception of the end of a removable handle, and has for its objects to produce a device of this character which will be simple of construction, strong and Vdurable, and one in which the handle when in position in the head will have a firm rigid connection therewith.

rI`he invention further relates to an improved method of producing broom-heads of the above character by which the iinished article can be produced more quickly and at less expense than heretofore and will when finished be stronger and more durable.

To these ends the invention comprises the details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a broom constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 8. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the removable broom-handle of any suitable or desired material and having its lower end screw-threaded, as at 2, and adapted to be screwed into the broom-head 3 in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter described.

The head 3 is composed of any suitable or.

desired broom iiber 4, encircled at its upper end by a retaining-band 5, composed, preferably, of sheet metal. The band 5 may be of any suitable or desired width and is wrapped transversely around the broom and has its ends overlapped, as at 7, and secured by upper staples 8 and lowerstaples 9. There are preferably two of the staples .8, which pass transversely through the retaining-band and the broom ber from opposite sides of the broom` with their prongs extending through the handle-receiving socket in position to engage the threads 2 thereof when in position, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. The terminal ends of the staple-prongs extend through the retaining-band at opposite sides of the broomhead and are clenched. There are two of the lower staples 9 inserted oppositely through the broom in like manner to the staples 8, with their prongs lying in position to engage the threads of the handle when in the socket. The retaining-band is further secured to the fiber of the broom by means of an upper row of nails 10,which are driven transversely through the broom-head from one side and have their ends clenched outside of the retaining-band at the opposite side, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and a lower row of nails 11, also extending transversely through the head and clenched similarly to the nails 10. rFliese nails extend through the broom fiber, and thus not only serve to secure the band in place, but also to spread the fiber within the band in order to compress the same and prevent its accidental escape from the band, as will be readily understood. During the construction of the broom to be presently described I embed in the broom liber to form the walls of the socket a suitable fibrous or flexible material-such a's paper, rubber, or the like-as indicated at 12, to serve as a protection for the broom material and prevent breaking and Wearing of the same by the insertion and removal of the handle.

In producing my improved broom I iirst take a suitable quantity of the fiber from which the broom is to be formed and arrange therein suitable sheets of a fibrous or flexible material, such as above mentioned. Next I embed centrally in the broom fiber a handle pattern or form conforming in size and shape to the lower threaded end of the handle. I then apply around the upper end of the fiber the retaining-band and secure the overlapping ends of the same by means of the upper staple 8, the broom fiber having of course been placed under proper pressure to thoroughly compress the same previous to the uniting of the ends of the band. I then secure in place the upper row of nails l0 and clench their ends outside of the band. I next similarly secure tern.

in place the lower row of nails l1, then the lower staples 9, and withdraw the handle-pat- Itis to be understood that when the staples are inserted through the broom-head they are so positioned that their prongs will lie snugly in contact with the handle-pattern and in engagement with the threads thereon, so that when the pattern is removed the staple-prongs will be in position to'engage the threads of the handle for securing the same in place in the socket'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. As a new article of manufacture, a broom comprisinga brous body having a handlesocket formed therein, a retaining-band applied to the body, staples extending wholly through the same transversely with their prongs lying within the circumference of the socket at opposite sides thereof, and a handle having a threaded portion extending into the socket with its threads in direct engagement with the staples.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a broom comprising a fibrous body having a handlesocket formed therein, a retaining-band applied to the body, fastening devices extending wholly through the band and fibrous body transversely and having their ends clenched, some of said devices lying within the circumference of the socket at opposite sides thereof, and a handle having a threaded portion extending into the socket with its threads in direct engagement with the Jfastening devices lying in the socket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK R. LAY.

Witnesses:

PIERRE GRAY, H. C. CHURCHMAN. 

